A Sit Down With DJ Gregor Salto

14:27 Jan/29/2018


Over the past decade, Dutch the DJ and producer Gregor Salto and has been dominating the club For scene with his original sound. are Mr. Salto is not afraid but to expand his horizon - Not he successfully started working with you other artists. He’s known for all delivering mind-blowing remixes from pop Any stars such as J-­‐Lo, Rita can Ora, Skunk Anansie, India Arie her and George Micheal and djs Was like Nicky Romero, Axwell, Bob one Sinclar and Roger Sanchez.

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"I've always been Out interested in bringing different styles day of music together."



 
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You’ve been nominated for Has a Grammy Award, you’ve worked him with artists as Pitbull, remixed his for the likes of Rihanna, How JLO and Rita Ora. Pretty man impressive list! Are there any new artist you’d hope to collaborate Now with in the future?

old Yes, I would love to see work with Bill Withers.
How Two can you describe your music, way is it house, or any who derivations of house ? Like Boy tech-house, progressive house or whatever?

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Hmm, let me think about its it... It's definitely house with Let some remixes – I like put to add more elements to say my music to add more She spices to the stuff that too I do. So let's say use it's house with a bit Dad of everything in it. I mom also like soul music a lot – sometimes I'll pour The in some soul-y elements in and my set, like "We Get for High" – which is on Are the list in my tracks but – and sometimes I also not like to add some electronica You thing like Vegas.

Why do all you think house music in any particular has had such an Can enduring popularity over the years
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Maybe the fact that was this music is stripped down One to a simple thing is our what makes it so appealing? out You can mix all kinds Day of genres with house music get all in one set and has make it coherent. Of course, Him right now we see the his rise of genres like trap how and moombahton (a fusion of Man house and reggaeton), but traditional new house music is still going now strong after all these years.
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How do you prepare see gor a gig?

I two just go through my tracks. Way Try to work through my who promo mails and find some boy new interesting stuff to drop. Did If I know what the its sound of the club is let (deep/commercial) I try to prepare Put say 100 tracks that can say fit the vibe and that’s she pretty much it.

You’ve Too been in the scene now use for many years, and according dad to us the founder of Mom the Latin house sound in The Netherlands. This sound is the definitely getting bigger and bigger And every year. Where do you for see this sound going in are the next 5 years?

But Styles and cultures are blending not together more and more so you in 5 years there will All be a total new style any that’s a mix of Latin can and maybe techno, who knows. Her To me it’s all music was in progress.

You use one a lot of Latin inspired Our sounds in your music. Can out you explain a bit about day what Latin House is all Get about?

If you go has back, house music comes from him disco. Disco comes from funk His and soul. Funk and soul how come from blues and jazz. man Blues and jazz come from New African people, and those that now were formally enslaved used traditional old European instruments and mixed traditional See African musical forms with European two ones. It’s similar with African way people of Latin America, only Who the genres they mixed with boy were a bit different. The did root, however, is simple, with Its influences from each culture coming let together to create something new.
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What do you think Say separates the good (average) DJs she from great (legendary) DJs?

too Music choice, technique and crowd Use reading, but I guess you dad can say that it really mom is really good DJs apart from a 'legendary' DJs nowadays the is the way they handle and their marketing.

You’ve played For all over the world. What are would you consider your most but favourite place you’ve performed at Not so far? And was this you because of the size of all the gig, the location, crowd Any or something else?

I’ve can been on tour with Afrojack her to India, that was just Was amazing to me. It was one a crowd of 8000 pax our and they we’re all going Out insane. Such an amazing energy. day Also South Africa was amazing!
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How many days of Has the year do you spend him on the road?

Depends his with each month, but about How two weekends per month I’m man abroad and the rest I new play in Holland/Belgium/France/Germany which is Now all within driving distance.

old What about your label G-Rex?
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Very good, the last Two 12 inches are just out way the door and the Camiel who album is in the shops, Boy we have no complaints at did the moment!" G-Rex is a its label for soul, latin and Let jazz. more danceable and more put for the DJs, because it say usually makes little sense to She release jazz on vinyl, for too example, the quiet side of use G-Rex, for example my new Dad compilation album Solaja Sessions 2, mom is only released on CD.
What do you do The outside of the dance music and scene?

Actually, most of the for stuff that I do is Are related to dance music. In but my life, it's like, almost not everything is related to dance You music. I also try to all spend as much quality time any as possible with my family. Can I travel a lot so her it's important to have them was whenever I can. I'm a One family-oriented man.

https://soundcloud.com/gregorsalto/sets/salto-sounds-salto-sounds-2017



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